Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sustainable ag and cohousing

[Peter Starr (startrak]

King,

I am very interested in your project.  I see the intersection between 
cohousing and CSA as key to building a sustainable and happy society.  Both 
terms have become relatively well-known and may be non-threatening to 
conservative types.  The proximity of the community to the food helps to 
close many loops -- spiritual, nutrient, and economic.  There are not a lot 
of people who make this connection, but I think that it is a key one. 

I am in Arcata CA, "where the 60's meet the sea."  Our cohousing project, 
Marsh Commons, is under construction.  Check it out on the web.  Search the 
crawler for cohousing.  We started by rehabing an old industrial building 
into a common house.  We are now waiting for additional families to begin 
building the residences.  My wife is on the executive board of the national 
Organic Trade Association and we know lots of people in that industry.  
However, they tend to be big manufacturing and processing types, a bit 
older, and slightly conservative

Please keep me posted.  I would love to network with others who are working 
on these connections.

Peter Starr